FREDERICK M. KAPLANVice President Bio Med Sciences Group, Inc.Fred Kaplan began recruiting candidates for Medical/Dental Device, Bio-Life Science and Biotechnology clients with Downs Group in November, 1999 after a 30 year career in Sales and Marketing Management with international chemical manufacturers including Bayer, OccidentalChemical and Elf Aquatiane. He has held positions in regional and district sales, national accounts, business, distribution and product management. Highlights of his career in the chemical industry include developing and implementing a total-quality management process, developing and growing a $20 million sales region over a 5 year period while increasing regional revenues by $3 million and revitalizing and restructuring an industrial market in a recessed market place.Fred’s professional background in the chemical industry is vertically parallel to the positions he recruits for in the Medical/Dental Device, Bio-Life Science and Biotechnology industries, which benefits his clients by allowing him to genuinely understand the shoes that need to be filled. This, combined with hands-on medical device experience while a pre-med major at Ohio University, gives him confidence in his ability to find and place candidates for a list of satisfied clients that includes BSN-Jobst, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sunrise Medical and Remel (a division of Sybron International).The capacity to understand client’s needs and match them to candidates in a timely fashion is what makes Fred successful. He has completed executive searches for positions ranging from field sales representatives, product managers and marketing managers to national account manager, directors of marketing and vice presidents for clients in the Medical Device, Dental Device, Microbiology and Life Sciences industries.Specialties: Providing highly qualified human capital to our clients in the Biotechnology, Medical Device and Life Sciences industries. Our candidates are managers/executives in Sales ,Marketing, Regulatory and Quality verticals